Homework, Can anyone come up with a quick fable?

Question

My eight year old has to make up a fable by tomorrow. My mind has gone blank. Help!

Answer 1

Did you ever see a bird eating a worm? Did you ever see a bird eating seeds at a bird feeder? Or maybe a humming bird drinking sugar water out of a feeder maybe at your grandma and grandpa's house?

Well, once upon a time ALL birds ate worms and nothing else. This was fine with the birds, but it wasn't so good for the worms.

One day the worms decided to have a meeting about what to do. They thought a fine place to meet was in a big field that was covered in big, red flowers. The flowers were polite and didn't interrupt the meeting, but they heard everything that was said. It was getting late and the worms still hadn't figured out what to do.

"Excuse me", said one of the big, red flowers. "What if you could get the birds to eat something else like seeds? We have plenty and would be willing to share them with the birds to help our friends the worms!"

The worms thought this was a fine idea. They decided that the next day when a bird was going to eat them, they would tell them about the big, red flower's idea.

Well, they did just that and some of the birds agreed. The worms thought that was better than nothing so they were happy. They decided to have another meeting in the field of big, red flowers to tell them all about it. They wanted them to know that soon some of the birds would be coming for their extra seeds. They wanted to thank them for their idea and generosity.

All the big, red flowers nodded their heads down to look at the worms because that was polite when the worms came to tell them that some of the birds agreed to eat big, red flower seeds instead of worms.

The sun, who had been listening to the meeting between the big red flowers and the worms, thought that even though the big, red flowers hadn't asked for a reward he would give them one.

He covered the field of big, red flowers with his rays from the sun and when all the big, red flowers turned their heads up to look they turned yellow and gold like the sun. The sun told them that from now on they would be known as sunflowers for they had been generous and shared their seeds.

And that's why to this day the sunflower is yellow instead of red and why some birds eat seeds instead of worms!

Answer 2

How about a variant on "Stone Soup" (I've also heard it as "Nail Broth") where a traveller knocks on a miser's door and asks for shelter. He's granted it grudgingly.
As the evening wears on, it's clear no food will be forthcoming, so the traveller asks for a pan and some water, and use of the fire to heat it. He pulls out the "magic" stone/nail, drops it in and begins to stir.
"Of course this would be so much better with a bit of onion (or whatever) -- this stone/nail is a bit stale." The miser, curious, finds the requested ingredient and in it goes.
Get the picture? Soon the traveller has asked for a bit of potato, a carrot or two, a few leaves of herbs... and they've all been added in due course. So the soup is the best the miser has ever tasted.
And by way of thanks, the traveller leaves him the magic stone/nail so he can make his own soup.

Or (possibly easier to re-write) the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" where a child asks for help when none is needed, all the grown ups come rushing time and again... but finally when trouble actually does arrive, no one answers the call for help.

Answer 3

I hope your not doing his homework for him
but here's a few ideas
send him and his best friend on an adventure
weather related such as rain and flowers become friends and help each other

A fable is a brief, succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities), and that illustrates a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be expressed explicitly in a pithy maxim.

Answer 4

In India, cows are sacred. But just how sacred are they?
One time I was driving in Calcutta when I had to
stop my car because a cow was blocking the street.
I complained to a nearby policeman, but he said:
"The street belongs to the cow. Respect her
and back up."
Later, I left my hotel room and bought some
flowers for my girlfriend. Suddenly, a cow
came up to me, grabbed the flowers and
ate them. Again I complained to the policeman
and he replied: "Whatever you carry with
you in the street belongs to the cow. That's
the way it is."
Well, I went back to the flower store and
bought two bouquets, one for my girlfriend
and a bunch of dead flowers for the cow.
This time when the cow came up to me
I hid the fresh bouquet, fed the dead flowers to
the cow and went on my way.
But the policeman saw me and now he was truly
angry. He arrested me and threw me in jail.
Later I was brought before a judge, who
gave me 90 days in jail for the terrible crime
of having deceived a sacred cow.
Moral: Never cross a sacred cow!

Answer 5

There once was a little girl who caused her mummy so much trouble with all her questions that the poor mummy twisted round and round until she disappeared in a cloud of smoke and blew out of the window. This left room for the nasty bogeyman to come in and gobble up the little girl using his dirty fingers which he wiped on the table cloth before he too disappeared in another cloud of smoke. So there.

Answer 6

tell your eight year old to close his / her eyes and make up something ... it will be t*h*e b*e*s*t!

Get ready with your pencil & paper!

There is something about a rabbit ... he went too fast for me!

Answer 7

You could say that "due to unsuspecting personal circumstances my daughter/son _____ was unable to complete their ____ Assignment. Sorry for any inconvienence" signed Regard
His mother!!

Answer 8

make one up similar to the tortoise and the hare